1. Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Layering of Contrasts in Paint
... , but no element is portrayed in its entirety, and specifically those elements located at the edge of the painting are cut off by the framing edge. Thus while the scene appears to be a self-contained interior, it cannot exist in totality without engaging and mediating with the exterior of the frame and of the apartment. While Baudelaire and Delacroix differ in their depictions of interior and exterior in these two works, each imbibes ... insistence on their immobility. In terms of formal movement, the conclusion of Baudelaire's poem entails a shift of the description of physical movement...
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